Mihaela Croitoru, Statistics Database Manager at the WFE, writes about listed companies, IPOs and investment flows

Is there value to a second 'Skin-in-the-Game'? Would raising it lead to more prudent Initial Margin Models? ICE's Chris Edmonds (Global Head of Clearing & Risk) and Ashwini Panse (Chief Risk Officer, North American Clearing Houses) give their views on the current CCP hot topics.

WFE Chairman Urs Rüegsegger highlighted the challenges that lie ahead for derivatives markets In his keynote address at the recent Clearing & Derivatives Conference.

Are the arguments for more skin in the game valid? John McPartland, Director of Research at Hidden Road Partners LP thinks not.

As derivatives markets look toward a post-pandemic era, Dawn DeBerry Stump, Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, discusses the importance of education and collaboration in emerging stronger from the crisis.

Closer collaboration among CCP practitioners and academic finance and economic faculty is a good thing. Suitably anonymised data upon which detailed analysis can be performed will enable a better understanding of the role of CCPs in modern financial markets, writes John P. Davidson, Chief Executive Officer of the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)

The growing dialogue between academia, policymakers, and the post-trade industry can only work to the benefit of all sides, particularly as complex questions around issues such as market liquidity and procyclicality gain traction, writes WFE’s Head of Research, Pedro Gurrola.

The World Federation of Exchanges Publishes Research on Global Circuit Breaker Practices

Mihaela Croitoru, Statistics Database Manager at the WFE, writes about commodity derivatives